Soldier Part I: Player Information
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Part II: Character Information

Character Position: Sailorbacchus
Character Name: Brandy Hiedra lo Frechilla
Nicknames: Primarily Dee but there are other nicknames, more of the demeaning variety.
Name Meaning: Taken from separate cultures, Brandy means "to burn" (origin - English) and Hiedra means "ivy" (origin - Spanish). Both names are significant towards her patron god; brandy is an alcoholic beverage whereas ivy is a plant closely associated to Bacchus. The last name is an attempt her parents made to make their Spanish family name more Italian, which explains the 'lo' prefix. The family name, as far as I know, doesn't have a meaning.
Birth date and Age / Zodiacal Sign: Born on December 19th, Brandy is a Sagittarius. She acts very much like her sun sign - enjoying freedom, praising honesty and being good-humoured but is also tactless, sarcastic and argumentative. Even though she's sixteen years old she's a sophomore in high school because of the cut-off date. Coincidentally enough her birth date falls into the third decanate of Sagittarius, secondly represented by the constellation Ara. Ara is considered to be the Altar of Bacchus.
Physical Details:


a.. Hair - Having grown out her bangs when she was twelve years old she keeps her thick, amber coloured hair to mid-back, roughly aligned to the top of her ribcage. It has an under curl but for the most part it is straight. Brandy never fails to style her hair in one manner or another, either in a conventional ponytail, a variety of braids - either done singly or in multiples - or more complicated twists or buns. The only point she leaves her hair down is when she's bumming around the house. Minutes before stepping out of the house she'll pull it up.
b.. Face - Brandy's oval face makes home for blue-violet almond-shaped eyes. Her fair eyelashes require a liberal swipe of mascara to become visible but that isn't the only make up she uses. A rosy blush is applied to her cheeks and she finishes off her eyes with eye shadow. As for her skin she uses light moisturiser and foundation with a light coverage so her olive complexion can shine through. When Brandy gets pimples (and she does - mostly on her chin and jaw) she whips out the concealer. While her eye and facial care is more standard Brandy goes all out when doing her mouth, which she considers to be her best feature for its wide shape and full cupid-shaped lips. Her ears are pierced once with small silver hooked studs.
c.. Build & Carriage - 5'5 and 129 lbs. Brandy works hard to keep her body in it's gorgeous condition (her words, not mine ^.^). She's a little more plush then your average teen but that's because she has been blessed with a curvaceous body that's prone to putting on the pounds. Brandy makes an effort to keep herself in shape and thus her curves adorn a lean frame. There is not one specific part of her body that stands out from the rest (To quote Brandy: That's because it's all beautiful! ^_^;;) although she does get compliments on her tiny waist. She walks with an air of confidence, not that of the "Worship me peasants!" variety but of someone who won't shy away from anything. She has a good relaxed posture, not holding her limbs stiffly. For that reason her right arm will sway slightly (she usually has her left hand propped up on her purse or backpack strap). She has a bit of a bounce in her step that doesn't resemble skipping at all. The bounce actually helps to impersonate a type of strut that she has adopted for herself.
d.. Voice - Brandy's voice is usually a mezzo-soprano that can change pitch when her emotions change. Nevertheless there's a confident tone to her voice that doesn't require raising her voice.
e.. Style - Brandy's wardrobe is best coined as trendy, which has expanded beyond the usual "jean and tee" ideal of most teenagers. For the most part Brandy's clothing is modern (not a lot of vintage inspired items, although she does own a few) and snug to show off her curves. She makes a conscientious effort to be up to style and because of that she often gets mistaken for older, which she loves. Brandy's got herself a nice little collection of shoes, only two of which are sneakers. One pair is sneaker slides so they don't come in handy for soccer practice. The rest are casual dress shoes and boots, variously styled and made. In the cooler weather she is usually seen wearing her favourite jacket, a dark brown leather blazer complete a leather sash. For school she totes around a fake-leather medium-sized backpack. Soccer keeps her from having nice fingernails so in order to keep them from breaking she keeps them short and nail polish free.
Blood type: O-. There are various traits associated with O-types but those that are true to Brandy include (but aren't limited to) being energetic, stubborn, insecure and generous.
Gemstone: Bloodstone, which is considered to be a detoxifier for one's organs and purifies the blood. Helpful when one gets inebriated, no? ^.^

Likes:


a.. Spaghettini - Do not assume that this is a typo. Brandy's favourite food to eat is spaghettini, which is a type of pasta that is thinner then spaghetti. She doesn't know why she likes it so much but it probably has to do that she likes the recipes that her mom makes up with this type of pasta more then any other. Also she finds that it doesn't get as burning hot as the other kinds and is a little easier to eat.
b.. Speed - No, not the drug. ^^; Ever since she was a child she was uncontrollable, preferring to run when everyone walked. Needless to say she got in a good deal of trouble with her parents when they couldn't find her because of Brandy's lead. As she grew up she maintained her love for running but it has also expanded to driving. Although travelling the city is a bit slow (so many motorists after all), Diego can manoeuvre his motorcycle in and out of traffic like a pro, and at fast speeds. Brandy wants to get herself a motorcycle once she's of driving age, just to be able to speed through the streets and have the wind in her hair. She'd also be the type of person to speed through life, if only so that she can do everything that she wants to accomplish in her life and more.
c.. Biology-Horticulture - Her favourite subject in school. She has always liked the beauty of flowers and plants at the cafes that her mother dined at with friends when she was brought with them, to the extent that once she uprooted a flower and snuck it home. Her mom had a fit when the dirt and soil was trekked into the house and instantly demanded Brandy to take it outside. She took it out onto their balcony where she found an empty pot. Of course, with the fully uprooted flower in hand she had to give it a new home. Many years later the balcony looks like a flowering terrace with the vines, plants and flowers that Brandy cultivated. She has a natural green thumb and doesn't mind getting dirty for this one love of hers.
d.. Poetry - She can't write poetry even if her life depended on it but she loves this particular style of writing, of past and present poets. Brandy has several books of poetry in the bookcase of her bedroom. She doesn't have any one particular favourite poet or style of poetry. She goes to poetry readings once in a while but prefers to do her reading out in a nearby courtyard to the family flat or on the balcony. Brandy got hooked on poetry after having endured Tia's on going tirades when she was in university. Tia signed up for the classes late and had very few choices on what she could take for a literature credit. She wound up with poetry and learned to hate it. Brandy just had to find out what her sister was complaining about and read several of her books. She couldn't see what Tia had been complaining about, seeing as though she enjoyed the poetry. Since having gotten in to poetry she has also tried her hand at writing it but it's highly unlikely that she'll start sharing her poetry anytime soon.
e.. Honesty - No one likes to be lied to but Brandy demands the truth in every situation, even if the truth would hurt her or someone else more then a lie. Her careless attitude as to whether telling the truth will hurt someone else has gotten her labelled as painfully blunt but she doesn't care. As she sees it, the truth far outweighs being lied to and that being lied to is far more painful then knowing the truth. It also may oddly explain why she likes to be labelled up front as the various crude nicknames that she's inherited rather then having someone talking behind her back where the voices are hidden in obscurity and lies.

Dislikes:

a.. Asparagus - Ick, ick, ick and ick. ><; Its hard to expand on such a subject but Brandy simply doesn't like the taste. Besides, they're either too soft or too hard for her liking - she has never met an asparagus that she likes and doubts that she'll ever find the right cooked one.
b.. History - Her least favourite subject in school. Brandy has never been one to dwell in the past, preferring to look forward since that naturally is the only direction one can move in. Plus, she doesn't see the importance of say the years 1782 or 1812 or Napoleon (which she believes is a type of ice cream ^^;;).
c.. Indirectness - Brandy has a direct attitude and gets annoyed more then anything else when someone tries to beat around the bush with her. She wears a tough shell that doesn't let barbs or her shortcomings when pointed out to her hurt her. Plus, indirect statements frequently suffer from a lack of clarity and if you're trying to help someone out a clear and concise meaning is more helpful then a flowery critique that could be mistaken for a compliment. She dislikes indirectness on every level, even as a route towards a destination. She prefers a fast and direct route over a slow scenic route.
d.. Routines - Ho-hum... predictability tends to make Brandy fall asleep at worst, yawn constantly at best. Doing the same things over and over again, day after day just makes her restless, waiting for the opportunity to break out. For this reason she'll change her morning schedule on a daily basis. Simply put she can't stand being held up to habits; she'd change them too frequently to keep them from being constant. Oddly enough, even though she doesn't like routines she makes a habit out of keeping a daybook. It gives her more of an idea of where she can add in new plans at a whim.
e.. Clingy people - Even though she's true to her friends and family there comes a point where closeness becomes suffocating. Brandy enjoys companionship but being smothered by someone is something that she doesn't like. She needs her space and time to be by herself, preferably so that she take care of her garden or do some of her [poetry] reading and writing. To an extent she also holds Diego and Elia at bay even though she considers them her best friends. Why is she so afraid of letting people close to her? There are several answers but the main reason is because the one person she held closest to her heart outside of her family was a girl who didn't stay by her side all because of the lies she heard.

Hobbies:

a.. Flirting and dating - Ye gads, this girl has a one-track mind. As long as the boy is breathing and intriguing it will only be a matter of time until Brandy flirts with him, regardless of whether he's taken or not. As she sees it, flirting doesn't equal dating and she also believes that she's helping the other girl. If a boyfriend to another girl flirts back to her, that guy is certainly a debatable boyfriend - how committed would he be if he's willing to flirt with her? For that reason she will only flirt with taken boys as even though she's not looking for long term relationships she wouldn't want to get involved with someone who wouldn't pay attention to her. Brandy goes out on dates frequently and if she really likes a guy she'll go out with him one or two more times. She is looking for a good time, not a boyfriend.
b.. Clubbing - The flashing strobe lights, the music, the dancing, the drinking... everything that is associated with clubbing gives Brandy a natural high. Somehow she knows the magical number that will exceed her alcohol tolerance and the most she has had before heading home is a buzz that makes her even more gregarious (there are two types of drunks after all, the loud and the quiet type ^^;) and causes the occasional slurring of words. As for dancing she's pretty good and that's saying a lot since she hasn't taken any dance training. Also she is not shy with dancing upon the stage, speakers or various other platforms. Brandy's parents don't mind her clubbing or drinking and prefer for her to keep it to weekends only. They won't stop her from going on weeknights but they expect her to go to school the following morning, first period - without complaints. So far she's done exactly that.
c.. Soccer - As a pre-schooler Brandy got into the sport out of curiosity and making a few friends. Friends have come and gone since then but her love of soccer has stayed true. She gets very rowdy when the world soccer tournament commences and to be truthful she cheers equally for Italy and Spain. She's currently on the high school girl's soccer team where she plays goalie.
d.. Gardening - As previously mentioned, Brandy discovered the joys of horticulture at a young age. She's got a talented green thumb, which some people credit to a natural gift although she has done some research about the various flowers and how to tend and care for them.
e.. Making (and drinking ^^) alcoholic drinks - Have you seen or heard of the movie 'Coyote Ugly?' If you have, good; she dreams of becoming them when she grows up, or at least for the period of time that she plans to work at a club or bar. She's already got the making part down pat; she knows what liquor goes into virtually every drink and exactly how much needs to go in. She far prefers specialty drinks but she has also sampled a small variety of wines and beers. Brandy has also done experimentation in making new alcoholic beverages and has succeeded in making both bad and good drinks. She doesn't have a photographic memory and thus has a notebook in which she writes down the ingredients to her newest concoctions (and what liquors should -never- be mixed together, ever again).

Personality
Outwardly Brandy acts with confidence and aloofness. She puts on a front that she's all put together, all the way down to her daybook, but she certainly has her own insecurities. However she hides it with an aloof attitude, acting as though she doesn't have the insecurities or that she isn't ashamed of her insecurities, pretending that they make her more unique. She also treats problems in the same manner, she'll pretend they're not there or will do everything in her power to avoid them, physically and mentally. In the case of the M-pack - one, some or all of them - she will make a detour to avoid them.
Many people would say that the primary thing that motivates Brandy's actions is truth, whether she's searching for it or providing it. Lying to her is a heavy offence that you wouldn't be readily forgiven for her. Truth and lies can cause an equal amount of pain but Brandy would rather worry herself over the truth, rather then figuring out if she's the only one who the lies would affect. She certainly doesn't go about causing people's pain but if telling the truth will cause pain she will do it anyways. She is very moralistic about the right and wrongs of things. It's all black and white to her and even the grey area in-between is studied meticulously until she is satisfied in doing what must be done.
Another thing noted about her is that Brandy despises being insubordinate. Sure, there are probably a few people in the world who are content to be underlings but for the most part people like to do their own things. Brandy is not all that different. She can't count the number of times that she's been told by school peers and teachers to do a task and then she turns around to do the task but in a different way. It's not so much that she doesn't listen to them but she's listening to the perfectionist inside her. She's always got alternate ideas to make projects or tasks better or more quickly completed. She'll flash a sympathetic smile as they reprimand her but she won't stop. She's doing the task - isn't that enough? For some people, the answer is no.
In social settings Brandy finds that she often gets placed as the centre of attention and she doesn't mind it at all. She is good-humoured and fairly well spoken. She may not have the potential to be a public speaker but she can keep people's attention with her energy and sense of humour, which she'll direct at herself or teasingly direct at friends. Although she has the tendency to drop into sarcastic-mode when talking about herself she's more of a smart aleck, combining dry sarcasm with points that are facts, thus unavoidable to refute. She gets light verbal abuse for not knowing when to let up but what she will get scolded on, whether in aside conversations or glaring looks is her tendency to cause arguments. She is opinionated and will not hesitate to give her opinion on people or events, regardless of whether people will agree with her. She anticipates people to give the truth from their perspective and respects them for their opinion she expects the same treatment in return. Brandy is more inclined to get into a shouting match rather then getting into physical fights but if someone provokes her enough she will swing them a good right cut.
The face that she presents to the world is one that usually has a smile on it. Far be it that she is always smiling cheerfully but where you can read a person's feelings in their eyes, words or actions you can tell more of what Brandy's feeling by the smile that she wears. A small non- committal smile indicates that she's putting up a happy act or a nervous smile indicates just that. It's probably just that she heard the phrase 'smile and the world smiles with you' far too often in her childhood. Her smiles relay more of what she's thinking or feeling more so then what she says or does so you have to pay real good attention to figure out what she just might be thinking or feeling. Although she doesn't lie of what she thinks or feel she holds back on revealing things about her. Brandy would be pleasantly surprised to know that Diego and Elia know more of her then she lets them know, partly because of Elia's talent in reading people. Even her parents feel somewhat closed off to her as they can tell she's not nearly as open with them as she was when they're younger. If they knew any better they'd even think it was since grade five that they've been left to wonder about her. The escapes that she uses to return to herself are gardening, poetry, clubbing and inevitably drinking.
It's in these moments of solitude that Brandy focuses on her hopes, fears and dreams. For all her living for the moment she really doesn't know what she wants to do in her life but she considers that it would be spent with a lot of travelling and creating a winemaking facility or running a restaurant bar. She knows that she has a talent in making drinks. She often wonders what it is like in the Italian countryside when her parents go on their wine-tasting trips. On a much simpler level though she hopes to gain absolute faith, both in herself and others. Her heart really took a beating when she was eleven years old and she harbours such distrust for people, both strangers and her own friends. She already got hurt once when she had absolute trust in one person only to be abandoned by her and beat up by other girls who she had trust in. She never entirely healed. As for doubting herself she worries whether she's good for anyone. Her fears are is being alone and yet companionship. She'd be damned to not have anyone to consider a friend and to be free to do whatever she wants and yet she doubts the people she surrounds herself with but searches for acceptance. She contradicts herself with her fears but it is the truth. She also fears being judged. How can being true to herself be bad? She'd be compromising herself if she had to change. Critiques are accepted but the likeliness of Brandy committing herself to reform is very unlikely. In change she doesn't like to judge people. She would be content to know that they're being true to themselves also and moralistic and not causing pain for someone else.
Love to Brandy is to be intoxicating. She wants to lose herself in the guy she loves, to forget her insecurities and troubles. But just like a drink that love will dry up quickly and depending on whether she really finds the person special she will come back for seconds or thirds. If she doesn't like what she has had she won't try it again. This helps to explain her serial-dater tactics; she doesn't want to be pinned down by any one guy, settling on the guy who is Mr. Right-For-the-Time rather then the guy who compliments her fully. She is 'searching' for this complimentary companion wants but passes it off as having fun in her youth. If you were to ask any of the guys who she has dated what they think of her they would give a similar response. She's a very gregarious girl, more then a little mischievous when it comes to the opposite sex who makes them lose all rational thought. For them, she embodies the same power as the drink. At times it's too hard to resist her and sometimes you won't even try to put up a front.


History:
The Frechilla family has its roots in Spain. Her parents attended university in Barcelona and when they married they settled down into an apartment home in the city. There they had their first two daughters, Tia and Bailey. Both parents worked so when their mother's pregnancy leave was completed the children were put in the care of the stay-at-home mother who lived in the adjacent apartment. They dreamed of buying a two-story home when they had enough savings and that dream came closer to reach through the hard work of both parents although both will admit it was mostly Julio's doing. The travel bureau that he worked for in Barcelona advertised a position in a sister-branch that was to be built in Rome. They needed employees at the new location so the news was advertised at the work bulletin board. The pay included a raise for those who would take the incentive. Without a second thought Julio began working on a portfolio to submit. He got letters of recommendation from his boss and clients. His family was none the wiser despite his longer hours; they suspected he was telling the truth that he had a large project to work on which was somewhat true. He wanted it to be a surprise if he did clench the job opening but at the same time he didn't want to get his hopes up too high if he didn't get the job. He knew that he wasn't the only one who was applying for the job after all. But needless to say Julio got accepted and it was with great delight that he told his wife and daughters.
Julio moved his family to Rome to discover a second realisation; their dreams of having a two-story home were going to be altered for neither he nor his wife knew about the living conditions in the city. That didn't matter to them for as they first set foot out of the airport they fell in love with Rome, a city that appeared to be plucked out from the middle of a renaissance play. They took out a loan to buy a flat; after some shopping around they finally found one that they liked. The icing on the cake was that it was spacious enough that there were more then two bedrooms; Bailey and Tia didn't have to share the same room anymore. The two girls were enrolled at the local public school while Julio started work in his new position. Soledad however was out of work so she began applying for jobs. When she finally found a job the family fell into a routine that was occasionally disrupted by sisterly bickering and other unexpected events, including the birth of Brandy.
Brandy was born a month premature but despite that circumstance she was remarkably healthy. Her birth came a little unexpected as her parents were going out to a Christmas party that evening. She stood out immediately in her family, not only because she was the baby of the family but also because she was the only one who was born an Italian citizen. She was much like every other girl during her childhood, partaking in the usual make-believe games and playing in the parks and playgrounds that loitered the city. Well before school started she got involved in soccer when a group of kids were looking for extras to even out the teams. Being curious as to what they were up to Brandy volunteered herself and found something that she enjoyed. Once she started school she found more ways to occupy herself, rather then getting into trouble. It wasn't as though she caused the trouble... it was more that trouble found her. She had the worst of luck at walking into trouble as the perpetrators were running off, leaving her to be found by an adult or peer and have the blame put on her.
Grade five proved to be a changing point for Brandy. Her circle of friends up to that point involved a group of six girls (herself included). While Brandy was the trouble-finder, her friends were the troublemakers. More often then not they set her up to take the blame. At her young age she didn't notice that the other girls whispered behind her back. Of the five other girls there was only one girl she was really close to, a girl by the name of Sibyl. She and Brandy would hang out after school while the other girls went off to cause a raucous. While they were in grade three, Sibyl confided that she had a crush on a boy in a higher grade then them. Much like many instances of young-love she had asked Brandy to find out if the other guy liked her. The crush in question was Elia.
Brandy had a feeling that she'd probably be ignored by the fifth- grader even though she periodically played soccer with a few friends of his in the park. One of those friends was Diego. As Brandy attempted to get closer to Elia to tell him of his secret admirer she established a closer friendship with Diego. At first Diego didn't want to destroy his "rep" by interacting with a younger student (A girl at that!) but soon he gave up all pre-tenses as he found he enjoyed the younger girl's company. Elia was slightly more welcoming at having another friend without the prejudices that his best friend had. They didn't become fast friends but their bonds strengthened the more time they spent together. She wound up hanging out with the boys after school while she hung out with the girl's during school where she relayed new information to Sibyl. However the time she didn't spend with Sibyl was used against her as the other girls' told Sibyl that Eila didn't like her at all. As they said to Sibyl then - "Brandy is lying to you just so she can spend more time with them. She wants both of the boys to herself. Why would you want to be friends with those boys when they only want to be with Brandy? And why would you want to be friends with Brandy when she's only using you for her own selfish needs?"
Brandy didn't discover her 'friends' ulterior motives until grade five and at that point it was too late; they started up cruel rumours about the young girl. She at first thought everyone was joking until she ran into her former friends after playing at the park with Elia and Diego. Sibyl was not amongst them as she was still nursing her own wounds at Brandy's betrayal. Her friends began taunting her, calling her names before they beat her up. They scattered only when an adult stumbled across the fight. Brandy would have stayed crying her eyes out in the park well into the night had not the adult consoled her and walked her home to make sure that the other girls wouldn't follow her and beat her up again. When Brandy was home Bailey greeted her at the door. At the sight of her glassy eyes and tear stained face Bailey stopped herself from a round of twenty-questions at the stranger. She thanked him for his help before taking Brandy inside. Bailey treated her younger sister's bruises and scrapes and repeated the story to their mom when she arrived home from work. Both were livid and by the time that Tia got home she was ready to beat up Brandy's assaulters.
Brandy was kept home for a couple of days while her mother stayed to take care of her. Soledad consoled her and told her that she was a lucky child and that she shouldn't have to spend her time on people who want to hurt her. She reminded her that she still had friends in Diego and Elia. Brandy had her doubts though, leaving her unsure as to whom she could trust. When she returned to school to hang out with Diego and Elia at morning recess they were surprised that she wasn't with her other friends and by her bruises. She had no reason to lie to them so she told them the truth. To her confusion they took her to her former friends at lunch. Both boys told the girls flat out to stop spreading false rumours and that if they planned to beat up Brandy again that they'd have to get through them first. The doubts vanished in Brandy's minds as she found that she had greater friends in two boys that she knew for a little over a year then the girls that she had known since kindergarten.
Since then Brandy has lived a rather uneventful life. Her former friends continued (now known as the M-pack) on through public school just like her, where they continued to bad-mouth her. She never let it on that their barbs still hurt her but she held her head up high, tempted to bad-mouth them back but managing to maintain enough grace not to stoop to their level. However since that fateful year Brandy has harboured bitter notions about just about every girl she's run across, suspecting that they're all two-faced like the girls she once trusted to be friends. Her socialization circle is primarily limited to Diego and Elia although she does have other friends, a couple of girls from her soccer team and a few other guys who she has gone out with but whom she's still friends with. Brandy started up playing soccer in an intramural city league but quit when she was in high school so that she could join the school's girls' soccer team. She doesn't spend time in any other extra- curricular activities because she really doesn't have any extra time between schoolwork, sports, clubbing, friends and short-term relationships.


Part III: Senshi Information

Special Skills:
Agility - Chalk it up to her years of playing soccer and clubbing. Brandy knows how to move her body and quickly at that to avoid trip-ups and other potentially embarrassing situations. It's very annoying for those who are trying to catch her but despite her agility she occasionally suffers from moving too quickly and messing up her feet so that she stumbles. Somehow she manages to keep herself from flat out falling but it calls for a few seconds of regaining her balance, which can leave her as a perfect target.
Charisma - Brandy primarily uses her charisma to flirt with guys but if she expanded her horizons she would experience similar success over a broader field. She already knows that she has a natural charm; it came in handy when she was going into clubs under age - she always managed to sweet-talk her way in past the bouncers. However it all depends on whether she wants to use the charisma.

Henshin Item: A small burgundy-coloured jewel with her symbol carved out on it. The jewel is encased in silver. The jewel and encasing is attached to a delicate silver cross-shaped brace, the points pointing straight up, down, left and right. The top-most corner has a small hole that is only large enough for a fine-linked necklace chain to pass through. If one hasn't guessed already Brandy carries about her henshin item as a charm necklace. The necklace is long enough that the "charm" rests just above her where bust starts.
Transformation: Brandy crosses her arms before her, resting her hands over her necklace 'charm.' She lowers her hands to cup it and the necklace chain dissipates as a burgundy halo of energy surrounds the charm. The silver brace dissipates also. - "Bacchus Deus Power, Make- Up!" - She yells out her transformation phrase and the halo of energy explodes, radiating outwards in each direction as the circle increases in size to fully encompass her, shooting underfoot and overhead and out to her sides. Brandy keeps her hands in the same position before her chest but draws them away, leaving her jewel to float in mid-air. She draws her right arm above her as she lowers her left arm to a relaxed position to her side. She extends her index finger of her right arm to touch the circle of energy. The energy seems to liquidise at the touch and several bits of the energy drip onto her finger like liquid. Brandy lowers her hand, keeping it level so that that drops don't spill. She lowers it to her mouth and she licks it off with her tongue, smirking slightly as she finishes. Her whole body ripples several times as though something transparent is poured over her, once until her body falls into that infamous quasi-nude state that ever school girl undertakes to become a magical girl. Her body ripples two more times, once more as though some thing transparent has been poured out but the third time the edges of the halo vanish with a sparkle of silver before a burgundy-coloured tint pours in towards her so that her form is partially obscured by the colour. The colour stays put for three seconds before it begins fleeting further in, seeping into the jewel of her 'charm.' As the last bit of colour is absorbed Sailorbacchus is seen standing where Brandy once stood, albeit with right index finger perched upon her lips of her closed mouth, her left hand cupping her bent right elbow and her feet a little less then shoulder width-apart.
Symbol: A rather simple design, involving a silhouette of what would be the outline of a wine bottle. It consists of a broad bottom, corners rounded with lines coming straight up from the corners before curving in, tapering before straightening out to a thin final horizontal line.

Colour: Burgundy

Fuku: Sailorbacchus wears the usual fuku but with two differences that the untrained eye may not notice. First, her burgundy skirt has the brown leather flaps reaching precisely to the hem of the skirt, not reaching any further. Secondly her black midriff baring shirt has a single thin black line on her burgundy collar. A snug silver-breast plate sweeps around her torso to protect her back and chest; it attaches to a silver shoulder-plate that covers her left (our right) shoulder by a burgundy-coloured jewel. The jewel is an exact replica of her henshin item except for the absent silver bracing. A burgundy choker encircles her neck. Sailorbacchus' symbol is emblazoned on her forehead. Her leather armguards are a matching brown shade to the leather flaps on her skirt; they reach up to just below her elbows. Upon her feet she wears burgundy mid-thigh-high fitted stretch boots. There aren't any laces or extra adornments unless you take the two-inch heels into consideration. And last but not least she wears a pair of silver ivy leaf stud earrings.
Attack:
"Drink of Ecstasy..." - Cupping her hands together with her palms up and her baby fingers side-by-side Sailorbacchus raises her hands up to her mouth. She kisses the base of her palms quickly and whispers in a breathy voice - "Drink of Ecstasy..." Her hands fill up with a burgundy liquid, filling up to her up thumbs and the tips of her fingers. She softly blows into the liquid and the liquid takes a new shape, forming variously sized bubbles that rise up. They range from the size of the head of a needle to twice the size of a quarter. Sailorbacchus breathes out again, a little more forcefully so that the bubbles move forwards at speed that's neither fast nor slow. As soon as one bubble strikes its target, the rest of the bubbles coalesce around the victim to form a large bubble that surrounds him or her entirely. The bubble pops after three seconds and upon being released the victim gives a small hiccup as though he or she had too fast a drink...
Effects:
If performed successfully, the victim finds him or herself inebriated. They behave very much like a drunk; their words become slurred and messed up, their mind takes longer to comprehend things (if it comprehends at all) and actions are slowed down as the person discovers that their limbs have a life of their own, either not obeying their whims or tripping themselves up - multiple times. Basically they are in a stupor, a stupor that leaves them prone to saying just about anything, which might include valuable information for the senshi. The attack can be executed more then once per battle, without any real limitations. Little to none of Sailorbacchus' energy is spent on it. The attack can be deadly if executed properly three or four times (depending on the size of the person/nymph ^^;).
However there are several factors that make this attack easy to avoid, the primary one being the speed at which it travels. As noted the attack is neither fast nor slow, which makes it very easy to avoid the attack. The victim has to be already weakened for it to be effective. And if already struck once by the attack the victim has little control over its body. This could indicate that the attack could strike them again (up to three or four times) so that the attack becomes deadly but a lack of control over ones body could also mean that he or she might fall or trip out of the way of the bubbles. Additionally the bubbles can be popped or deflected by a solid object (like a weapon); deflecting the attack can volley the attack back into senshi ranks, striking one of the senshi. The effects would be very much the same. However to deflect the attack the blunt edge of a weapon would have to be used; if a sharp point or edge came into contact with the bubbles - well, they'd start to pop into ineffective nothingness. ^^; The majority of the bubbles are needed for the attack to be effective but if four to five bubbles get popped then the attack won't be as strong, even if one the bubbles do happen to strike a target. There are usually ten to twelve bubbles in total but keep in mind that they're of various sizes. If four small bubbles get popped then the attack will be effective so size does count. ^_^;

Weapon: May give her a weapon later on in the story but currently she doesn't.
Guardian: N/A


Links:

http://cynthialunar.tripod.com/bacchus_npcs.html
http://cynthialunar.tripod.com/bacchus_misc.html
http://cynthialunar.tripod.com/bacchus_apps.html

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Vessy: Well I surprisingly had no comments to space throughout the app. I liked it, it was very detailed and had great dynamics. I liked the originality and freshness. The clubbing infatuation is a bit cliche for Bacchus but hey it's one that works. I like the drink mixing thing now that was a neat twist (*is squished by a giant pun*) If you were to change/add/fix anything I'd like to know a little about how Diego and Elias react to her boy crazy-ness. Being as it's quite blatant. How do they react? Do either of them harbor emotions for her or are they just friends? Overall I liked it a lot.
Verdict: Accept but

Dissy: Agreed! Also running a quick spell check might not hurt, my MS Word caught a couple words.
Dissy’s Verdict: Accept, but

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